Waxed paper roll



May 16, 1933. E. M. FISCHER WAXED PAPER ROLL Filed April 10, 1.931

INVENTOR MWZMEZ'L'M I A TORN Patented May 16, 1933 u at - EMANUEL M. FISCHER, OF NEVI YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE HAMERSLEY MANU- FACTURING 00., F GARFIELD, NEW'JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY WAXED PAPER ROLL Application filed April 10, 1931. Serial No. 529,079.

My present invention relates generally to wound bodies of sheet material, such as pa per; and has particular reference to waxed paper rolls, and especially to a novel type of appliance to be marketed and used therewith.

Although I have herein illustrated and shall hereinafter describe my invention as it relates to a wound assembly consisting of a supporting core and a length of waxed paper wound thereon, nevertheless it will be understood that certain phases of my invention are not restricted to a particular application of this character.

It is a general object of my invention to provide an improved waxed paper commodity in the form of a relatively compact and inexpensive roll or wound assembly wherein a continuous length of waxed paper is efli ciently retained in wound condition from a suitable core.

A more particular object of my invention is to provide a device of the foregoing character wherein desired lengths of the waxed paper may be conveniently and expeditiously severed from the balance of the roll, without impairing the security and efliciency of the complete assembly.

A further and more particular object is to provide an extremely simple type of appliance for a roll of waxed paper of the character mentioned, which, from one aspect, serves as a holder for the roll; and which, from another aspect, constitutes a cutting rule of novel characteristics.

One of the main objects of my invention is to provide a marketable commodity of the unb'oxed type, and, more particularly, an article of manufacture and commerce which is devoid of a separate exterior container, the manufacture of which is usually an item of added expense, especially where a cutting rule or similar instrumentality is provided in association therewith.

Briefly, it is a feature of my invention to provide a removable appliance of extremely simple and inexpensive character, adapted to be applied to a roll of waxed paper for the purpose not only of keeping the roll in wound condition at all times, but also affording a convenient means for tearing ofl desired lengths of the paper.

Although the particular material of which the appliance is made is not an invariable factor, I prefer to provide a device which is made of strip material, for example, strip metal, preferably of spring steel or the like. Essentially, my device consists of an elongated member or strip adapted to serve as a cutting rule, this member being applicable longitudinally to the roll of paper and being provided with a novel type of means for yieldably yet firmly and removably holding the same in proper and predetermined position in close contact with the roll.

In a preferred embodiment of my invention, the cutting rule or elongated member is provided with a series of arcuate fingers arranged in a substantially symmetrical manner and adapt-ed to extend circumferentially around the roll.

A particular feature of my invention lies in the provision of an arrangement which obviates any necessity for engaging any portions of the device within the roll, for example, within the interior of the core upon which the roll of paper is wound. In this way, any desired type of core may be employed, either hollow or solid; or, if desired, a supporting core may be entirely dispensed with. Furthermore, this feature of my invention enables me to manufacture and marhot the appliance as a separate article, the same being readily applied with great simplicity to any roll of sheet material of the character typified by waxed paper.

I achieve the foregoing objects and advantages, and such other objects and advantages as may hereinafter appear or be pointed out, in the manner illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a commodity of the present character, showing the manner in which a desired length of the wound material may be severed;

Figure 2 is a perspective view on a slightly larger scale of the holding or cutting rule appliance of the present invention and Figure 3 is an end view of the assembly of Figure 1.

I have shown my invention applied to a wound assembly which consists of a substan tially cylindrical or tubular supporting core 10 which may, for example, be of cardboard, usually of a length of about one foot and a diameter of approximately one and one-half to two inches. Wound around. this core is a length of waxed paper 11 substantially coextensive in width with the length of the core 10 and having a free end 12 from which desired lengths may be torn. off or removed when required. Although the amount of paper on the core 10 is a matter that can be varied to suit differing requirements or conditions, I prefer to employ a length of paper which produces a depth, around the core 10, of about one-eighth, or perhaps one-fourth, of'an inch.

Whereas, in customary practice, a roll of paper of this character is usually and advantageously inserted into a container, either a rectangular cardboard container or the like, or into a tubular container of some sort, my present invention enables me to dispense with an outer container entirely and to maintain the roll in a wound and marketable condition by the simple expedient of applying thereto the device of the present invention illustratively exemplified in Figure 2. The device illustrated is composed of an elongated member 13, preferably a strip of spring steel or the like having a width of approximately three-eighths of an inch and a thickness whien is preferably no more than one-thirty second of an inch.

The member 13 has one edge 14 thereof substantially straight and free, so as to serve as a cutting rule in the completed assembly. Carried by the member 13 are a series of arcuate fingers 15, 16, and 17 which are pref erably made of a similar or identical type of spring steel and are formed either integrally with the member 13, or, as illustrated, as separate elements welded or soldered to spaced portions of the outer surface of the member 13, as at the areas designated 18, 19, and 20.

It will be noted. that the fingers 15, 16, and 17 are substantially identical in structural nature, contour, and form and may advantageously be arranged so that the member 16 is at the midportion of the device and the members 15 and 17 are at the opposite extremities. All of the fingers, whether they be two, three, or more in number, extend transversely away from the member 13, and in the same direction, thereby leaving the edge 14: free for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned.

The fingers 15, 16, and 17 are resilient and yieldable, and as a result the appl'ance of Figure 2 may be associated with the wound paper assembly in the manner shown in Figures 1 and 3, the longitudinal cutting rule 13 being held in close contact with the exterior surface of the paper 11 by means of the yield able spring engagement of the roll by the arcuate fingers. It is to be noted that the fingers extend through an arc of approx mately 120 and that the free ends thereof are slightly flared in an outward direction, as indicated at 21 in Figure 3.

To secure the device from longitudinal shifting, and to enhance the firmness with which the entire assembly is held in operative unity, the ends of the member 13 are bent transversely to form the tabs 22 and 23, these tabs engaging the ends of the roll 11 but lying in substantially parallel planes so as to avoid the necessity for engaging the in any manner with the supporting core 10. As a result of this arrangement, the core 10 may, if desired, be a solid member or one having its ends closed. Although the length of the tabs 22 and 23 is a matter of choice, I prefer to make them substantially short, as in the illustrated embodiment, since an increased length would not only entail greater expense but would serve no useful purpose.

It is to be noted that the appliance or holder is applied to the roll in a manner which disposes the spring fingers rearwardly with respect to the free end 12 of the paper 11. In this way, the free end 12 is caused to emerge from beneath the cutting rule 13 in a manner which permits the same to be torn along the free cutting edge 14, in the manner illustrated in Figure 1.

When the device is used, the left hand .24. of a user grasps the roll in the manner shown in Figure 1, the thumb preferably resting upon the cutting rule 13. The free edge 12 of the paper 11 is then grasped by the right hand 25 of the user, and by a slight pulling action the paper roll may be caused to rotate with respect to the cutting rule 13. After a desired length of the paper has been withdrawn from beneath the cutting rule, the left hand 24: is caused to engage not only the rule 13 but also the paper roll, so that further relative movement is prevented. The paper may then be torn along the cutting edge 14. The assembly may then be laid aside until further use is required, and no further and undesired unwinding will take place because of the resilient encirclement of the roll by means of the spring fingers.

The reduction in thickness of the paper upon the core 10 does not impair the operation of my device in the manner hereinbefore described, because of the fact that this reduction is extremely slight in any event, and bccause of the further ability of the spring fingers yieldably to engage around the paper roll regardless of its particular diameter. In other words, the cutting rule 13 is constantly held in substantially close contact with the paper at all times.

The assembly of Figure 1 may be conveniently marketed as a unit, preferably with a wrapper of paper or the lilre encircling thr. entire article; and, if desired, having the paper tucked into the open ends of the device, where such ends are open. Or, ii: desired, the entire assembly may be marketed in a separate container or box. Ur, if desired, the paper roll may be sold separately from the removable appliance, and the latter may be reused, if desired, with one roll of paper after another. Tn any event, the completed assembly is one of extreme simplicity which can be manufactured and sold at a relatively low cost, while at the same time the roll is constantly kept in a neat condition readily available for use.

It will be obvious that changes in the details herein described and illustrated for the purpose. of explaining the nature of my invention may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims. It is therefore intended that these details be interpreted as illustrative, and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The combination with an elongated roll of paper wound upon a substantially cylindrical core, of a tearing rule overlying the roll longitudinally thereof, and yieldable sprin fingers carried by said tearing rule at longitudinally spaced positions along the roll and engaging circumferentially around the roll so as to hold said rule in yieldable engagement with the paper.

2. The combination with an elongated roll of paper wound upon a substantially cylindrical core, of a removable paper holder comprising an elongated member overlying the roll longitudinally thereof, and a plurality of arcuate fingers carried by said member and extending circumferentially around the roll.

3 The combination with. elongated roll of paper wound upon a substantially cylindrical core, of a removable paper holder comprising an elongated member overlying the roll longitudinally thereof and in substantially close contact with the roll of paper, and a set of spaced arcuate fingers carried by said member and extending around the roll for more than 180.

4. The combination with an elongated roll of paper wound upon a substantially cylindrical core, of a removable paper holder c0mprising an elongated member overlying the roll longitudinally thereof and in substantially close contact with the roll of paper, and

a set of spaced arcuate fingers carried by said member and extending around the roll; said lingers extending rearwardly from the free edge of the paper roll so that the forward edge of said member may serve as a tearing rule for said paper.

5. The combination with a roll of paper wound upon a substantially cylindrical core, of a removable paper holder comprising a substantially E-shaped member having the body thereof arranged longitudinally over the roll and having its arms curved and 6X- tending around the roll.

6. The combination with an elongated roll of paper wound upon a substantially cylindrical core, of a removable holder comprising an elongated member overlying the roll longitudinally thereof, a set of arcuate fingers carried by said member at longitudinally spaced positions along the roll and extending circumferentially around the roll, and means for limiting the longitudinal movements of the holder.

7. The combination with an elongated roll of paper wound upon a substantially cylindrical core, of a removable paper holder comprising an elongated member overlying the roll longitudinally thereof, the ends of said member being bent transversely to engage the ends of the wound assembly and thereby secure the holder against longitudinal movement, and a plurality of fingers carried by said member at longitudinally spaced positions along the roll and yieldably encircling the roll.

8. A paper holder of the character described comprising an elongated member of substantially rigid material adapted to serve as a tearing rule, and a set of arcuate fingers extending transversely and in the same di rection from spaced portions of the memher and adapted to engage around longitudinally spaced portions of an elongated substantially cylindrical roll to hold the elon gated member in longitudinal contact with the'roll.

9. A holder of the character described adapted removably to engage around an elongated substantially cylindrical wound roll of tearable paper or the like, comprising an elongated member oi substantially rigid material having one edge substantially straight and free so as to serve as a tearing guide, and a set of yieldable arcuate fingers extending transversely from longitudinally spaced. portions of the opposite edge of said member, said fingers being adapted to engage around at least 180 of said .roll so as to hold the latter within the confines of the holder.

10. The combination with an elongated roll of tearable paper wound upon a cylindrical core, of a removable paper holder and tearing guide comprising a strip metal cutting rule overlying the roll longitudinally thereof and having its ends bent inwardly to prevent longitudinal movement of said roll with respect to the rule, and three spring clips partially encircling said roll at longitudinally spaced portions of the latter, respectively, one end of each of said clips being permanently fastened to said cutting rule, where by the latter is held in firm contact With said roll of paper.

In Witness whereof I have signed this specification this 7 day of April, 1931.

EMANUEL M. FISCHER. 

